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Alumni: what's one memory from Ottawa Sr High that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
681
High
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OTTAWA·NCES 200001500463
Ottawa Sr High
1120 South Ash, Ottawa, KS 66067 · (785) 229-8020 · Franklin County
GRADES 06–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL681 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Kansas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
342 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 177 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 169 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 164 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 170 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
24.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
31.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.3% | 31.8% |
| 2023-24 | 17.9% | 16.1% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ottawa Sr High
Ottawa Sr High's state test result (19.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Sr High this school | 681 | 50.2% | 19.0% |
| Fort Scott Sr High Fort Scott | 578 | 47.2% | 23.9% |
| Chanute High Chanute | 528 | 53.2% | 36.5% |
| Concordia Jr-Sr High Concordia | 524 | 52.9% | 30.6% |
| Neodesha High Neodesha | 360 | 48.3% | 21.9% |
| Wellington High School Wellington | 463 | 52.9% | 20.4% |
Matched among Kansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ottawa Sr High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #225 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #153 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #235 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 681 | #70 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #71 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.5% | #104 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.2% | #98 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #80 of 100 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
681
-50 (-7%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 681 | 55.3 | 12.3:1 | 50% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 710 | 50.5 | 14.1:1 | 48% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 727 | 54.3 | 13.4:1 | 51% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 731 | 57 | 12.8:1 | 39% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 701 | 49.5 | 14.2:1 | 49% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 49 | 14.7:1 | 52% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 741 | 43 | 17.2:1 | 42% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 21% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 45 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ottawa Sr High.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (701 to 681); teachers up 12% (49.5 to 55.3).
About Ottawa Sr High
Ottawa Sr High runs as a high-enrollment high school in Ottawa, Kansas. The school counts 681 students across grades 6 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Kansas is about 410 students.
Ottawa Sr High is one school in Ottawa, a system of 6 schools with 2,150 students.
About 83% of the student body at Ottawa Sr High is White. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Ottawa Sr High's diversity index is 30%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.3:1, with 55.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 50% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Franklin County average 52%.
Ottawa Sr High is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of Kansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school in Kansas with Ottawa Sr High's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 38.1%. Ottawa Sr High scores 19.0%.
Franklin County has these Census figures: the median household income is $77,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Franklin County has 15 public schools and roughly 4,187 students.
Ottawa Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Ottawa Sr High. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Ottawa Sr High ranks 8th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
Enrollment has fallen by 50 students since 2020-21, to 681.
Threads on this page can be about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,106
Census ACS
Median income
$77,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,187 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ottawa
- Ottawa Middle SchoolMiddle · 456 students
- Garfield ElemElementary · 368 students
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 298 students
- Ottawa Virtual SchoolHigh · 14 students
Other schools in Ottawa
- Ottawa Middle SchoolMiddle · 456 students
- Garfield ElemElementary · 368 students
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 298 students
- Ottawa Virtual SchoolHigh · 14 students
Nearby schools
- Ottawa Middle School0.2 mi · 456
- Ottawa Virtual School0.6 mi · 14
- Garfield Elem0.8 mi · 368
- Sunflower Elementary School1.1 mi · 333
- Lincoln Elem2.6 mi · 298
- West Franklin Middle School9.0 mi · 149
Frequently asked questions
About Ottawa Sr HighHow large is Ottawa Sr High?
Ottawa Sr High enrolls approximately 681 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Ottawa Sr High serve?
Ottawa Sr High serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Ottawa Sr High have?
Ottawa Sr High employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Ottawa Sr High?
Student demographics at Ottawa Sr High are roughly 83% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Ottawa Sr High in?
Ottawa Sr High is part of Ottawa.
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